When (_Reader_) thou hast first of all survayd That Reverend _Priest_, which here ingraven stands, In all his Holy _Vestiments_ array’d, Endeavouring for _Purifyed-Hands_; Collect from hence, that, when thou dost appeare To offer Sacrifice of _Prayse_ or _Prayer_, Thou oughtst the _Robes_ of _Righteousnesse_, to weare, And, by _Repentance_, thy defects repaire. For, thou, that, with polluted _Hands_ presum’st Before _Gods_ Altar to present thy Face; Or, in the _Rags_ of thine owne _Merits_ com’st, Shalt reape _Displeasure_, where thou look’st for _Grace_. Then, if thou be of those that would aspire A _Priest_, or _Prelate_, in _Gods_ Church to be; Be sure, thou first those _Ornaments_ acquire, Which, may be suting to that _High-Degree_. Intrude not, as perhaps too many doe, With _Gifts_ unfit, or by an _Evill meane_: Desire it with a right _Intention_ too; And, seeke to keepe thy _Conversation_ cleane. For, they that have assum’d this _Holy-Calling_, With _Hands_ impure, and _Hearts_ unsanctify’d, Defame the _Truth_; give others cause of Falling, And, scandalize their _Brethren_, too, beside: Yea, to themselves, their very _Sacrifice_ Becomes unhallow’d; and, their _Thankes_ and _Prayers_, The _God of Purity_, doth so despise, That, all their _Hopes_, he turneth to _Despaires_: And, all their best Endeavours, countermands, Till they appeare with unpolluted _Hands_. _No =Heart= can thinke, to what strange ends, The =Tongues= unruely =Motion= tends._ [Illustration: LINGVA QVO TENDIS ILLVSTR. XLII. _Book. 1._]